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Dan Duryea's Fine Art of Sniveling

posted 12 years ago by poetcomic1
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Sure he was great as a nasty sidekick in many a Film Noir but in this film he has perfected sniveling to a level never attained again. The whole audience wants to line up and take turns slapping him.

[–] franzkabuki 12 years ago

He sure was something of a Hollywood´s Resident Sleazoid back in the day - the only film I´ve seen where he´s something of a sympathetic character, was in the 1946 Black Angel. Good to see a variation of his slimeballing here though as he was as much a dumb laughing stock as he was an as-hole.

"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

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[–] mit800 10 years ago

I love when he gets slapped around by the other boy.

Then knocked down.

[–] tmaj48 10 years ago

And this was his film debut! The first in a long career of weasels. I liked his
little Jerry Lewis laugh in this.

I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!

Hewwo.

[–] goodvibe61 10 years ago

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to catch the screening of Too Late For Tears at the American Cinemtheque's annual festival of film noir. Duryea absolutely kills in this role, and he had the crowd eating out of his hand every moment he was on screen.

He was quite a performer.

[–] poettesse 8 years ago

Dan Duryea was the perfect slime-ball!